Imaginary Infiltrations: Fabricating Threats to Justify Occupation
📰 THE STORY: Mainstream reports are echoing claims that the Israeli Central Command is conducting military drills, simulating a 'Houthi infiltration via Jordan,' presenting this as a legitimate security concern that necessitates heightened military activity and control. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The Jordan Valley, where these drills are taking place, is an area of
intense Israeli military occupation, not just a border. The Nakba of 1948 saw the mass expulsion of Palestinians, leading to the establishment of the state of Israel. Since 1967, the West Bank, including the Jordan Valley, has been under military occupation, with Israel having demolished thousands of Palestinian structures in the Jordan Valley and forcibly displaced its inhabitants. The narrative
of 'Houthi infiltration' is therefore a convenient smokescreen for consolidating control over stolen land, much like the 1973 Yom Kippur War was framed to justify further entrenchment of occupation. Double Standard: Imagine if Yemen, blockaded and bombed for nearly a decade by a Saudi-led coalition backed by the US and UK, conducted drills simulating an 'Israeli infiltration from the sea.' The
Western media would decry it as 'provocative' and 'escalatory.' Yet, Israel's drills, founded on an utterly implausible scenario of Houthis (a Yemeni group) traversing hundreds of miles of hostile territory and an international border to attack, are reported with a straight face as legitimate 'readiness' in outlets that otherwise minimize the devastating impact of the blockade on Yemen. The West's